Wheel.



Ho. 824,892. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. Y

J. 0. WANDS. WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 25, 1905.

Inventor:

(Q2 John UWands UNITED sTATEs JOHN G. WANDS, OF

sr. ouis, MISSOURI.

WHEEL.

\ Specification of Letters I- atcnt- P atented July 3, 19L 6.

' Application filed December 26, 190 5. emu No- 293,283.

To all whom, it may concern-.-

Be it known thatI, JOHN C. WA-NDS, a citi-' zen'of' theUnitedStates,residing at St. Louis, .Missouri, have mvented a certain new and "useful Improvement in Wheels, of which the follow}; is .a .full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains' to'make and use the same, reference being had to the accomplanying' drawings, forming part of this specication, in wlnch Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of ".awheel embodying the features of my inven- 'tion. Fig. 2.is asectional view on the line mner rim.

.olpposite'ends of eac 2201 Fig. 1.

4 :is a detail sectional viewof still another form of my invention, and Fig. 5 is' a detail perspective view of one of the devices which are used for connecting the springs to the This invention'relates to wheels for vehicles,,and particularly to resilient wheels such as are used on automobiles in place of rigid wheels provided with pneumatic tires.

-'-The object of my invention is to rovide a' }wlieel'of le construction whic will re'-, -lieve the vehicle from jolting or jarring as it passes over obstructions orirregularities .3

the road Other objects and advantages of my in vention will hereinafter be pointed out. {-Referring to the drawings, 'which'represent'the preferred form of my invention, 1 "designates a hub, rovidedwith spokes 2, which are connected to the inner rim 3. Said inner rim is made up of a plurality of channel-shaped sections 4, preferably four in number which are connected by rivets 5, projecting through 006 crating-lugs 6 at the section. Tubularaped bosses 7 project inwardly from said rim to receive the spokes, and on each side of said rim area plurality of projecting lips 8, which are utilized for a'purpose hereinafter described, said li s being stren thened by gussets 9, formed integral with t e rim.

- Surrounding the inner rim is a telly-rim 10,

which is of greater diameter and of approximateiy channel shape, to constitute a seat for the tread 11 of the wheel,which, in the preferred form of my invention consists of thick rubber, that is held on the telly-rim by strands of wire 12, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the ends of said strands being connected by turnbuckles 13. The felly-rim is also made Fig. 3'is a view similar to Fig.- Z-of a modified form of my invention.- Fig.

.up of a number of sections 14, which are connected by rivets 15, extending through coopsections which comprise-the telly-rim being arranged in staggered relation relatively to the sections which comprise the inner as shown in Fig. 1, thereby greatly strengthening the wheel. Projectin strengthened by gussets 18', are ormed inte gral with the feily ri'm, and each lip carries a device for securing. one endof'a coiled spring 19, which. at its other end is secured to one of the cooperating lips 8 on' the opposite side of the inner 'rim.. As shownin the drawings, the springs are arranged alternately in opposite directions, so that the felly rim is held in perfect alinement with the infelly-rim in either direction is permitted. The means for attachin the springs to the formed integral with the lie 17, so that ject-ions they will be held securely position. The opposite ends of the springs are secured to the inner rim by devices which have a screw-threaded portion 21 to receive the spring, and" a portion having tongues 22, which'project through'an opening in'the lip 8 on the inner rim, the tongues on said porsa'id lip to hold th'edevice securely in position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

With a construction of this character it is the wheel, so that the cost of manufacture is greatly reduced. Furthermore, if one of the springs should become damaged it isvery easy to substitute a new one by taking a punch or other suitable instrument and removing .the device whichsecures the spring to the inner rim, the old ,sprin being unscrewed from the projection on t e felly-rim and a new springput in place and secured in. position, as previously described.

form of telly-rim that is of channel sha e, so that the legs 14 of the channel will em race the side faces of the rubber-tread "11, and in Fig. 4 I have shown still another form of fellyrim, which is somewhat similar to that shown in section in Fig. 2, but which is provided with corrugations to receive strands of rope 25, that form the tread of the wheel. It is obvious that a wheel constructed in this manner will relieve a yehicle from any strains erating lugs 16, formed on said sections, the.

lips 17,

ner rim; but a slight lateral movement of the when saidsprings are screwe onto said pro-' very easy to assemble the parts comprising In Fig. 3 I have shown a slightly-modified felly-rim consist of threa ed projections 20,

tion being bent down upon the outer face of ,dueto jolting or jarring, for when the wheel passes over an obstruction or irregularity in the road the springs at the lower part of the Wheel and also a ortion of those at the front of the Wheel will be under compression, While the remainder of the springs will be under tension. As previously pointed out, a slight lateral movement of the outer rim is permitted; but the springs are so disposed as to hold the felly-rim normally in perfect alinement with the inner rim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A Wheel comprising a hub, spokes and an inner'rim connected to said spokes, a tellyrim of approximately channel shape to receive a tread, cooperating lips carried by said rims, coiled springs arranged alternately in opposite directions and connected at one end to screw-threaded projections'formed inte-' gra-l with the lips of the telly-rim, and devices cooperating wlth said projections and provided with screw-threaded portions to receive the opposite ends of said springs, said devices being adapted to be removablv' connected to the lips on the inner rim; substantially as described. V

2. A, wheel comprising a hub, spokes and an inner rim made up of a number of sections provided with tubular bosses to receiv'esaid spokes, a felly-rim made up of a number of sections arranged in staggered relation relatively to the sections of the inner rim, coiled springs arranged alternately in opposite directions and connected at one end to the felly-rim, devices carried by the inner rim and provided with screw-threaded ortions for receiving the opposite ends of sair springs to hold them in position, and tongues on said 40 g devices which are adapted to be bent down the inner rim; substantially as described.

3. A wheel comprising a hub, spokes and an inner rim made up of a plurality of chan.

JOHN C. WANDS.

Witnesses WELLS L. CHURCH, GEORGE BAKEWELL upon the inner rim to secure said'd'evices to 

